STORY
Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev says goodbye to his wife and children and goes to run. The elder Filaret blesses him to lead a rebellion under the name of Peter III of Russia. The insurgents dealt with the feudal lords cruelly. Queen Catherine the Great directs troops against the rioters. Traitors betray Emelyan, and now he is being transported across Russia in an iron cage.
CAST & CREW
- Yevgeni Matveyev
- Vija Artmane
- Tamara Syomina
- Olga Prokhorova
- Pyotr Glebov
Cast
- Alexey Saltykov
Director
INFORMATION
- Mosfilm
Production Companies
- Soviet Union
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- Russian
